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Boston-bound plane vanishes with 6 on board; Coast Guard launches search off Nantucket coast

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Cirrone, J. (2026, October 3). Boston-bound plane vanishes with 6 on board; Coast Guard launches search off Nantucket coast. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-bound-plane-vanishes-6-board-coast-guard-launches-search-nantucket-coast

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The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a search operation off the coast of Nantucket after losing contact with a Gulfstream G100 jet carrying six people on Saturday morning. The plane was en route to Boston from Bermuda and took off at 11:41 p.m. ET according to FlightAware data. Air and surface crews have been deployed to locate the missing aircraft, which disappeared while in flight.

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On Saturday, a Gulfstream G100 aircraft carrying six people vanished while en route from Bermuda to Boston's Logan International Airport, losing communication with the FAA around 1 AM local time. The plane took off at approximately 11:41 PM ET on Friday and was scheduled to land in Boston by about 1:30 AM Saturday. Shortly before its disappearance, the aircraft reportedly dropped from 24,000 feet to 11,000 feet within minutes, according to flight-tracking data. The US Coast Guard launched an extensive search off the coast of Nantucket using air and sea crews, including teams from Air Station Cape Cod and Brant Point in Nantucket. Latitude Air Ambulance, based in Hamilton, is the operator of the missing aircraft.

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Topics

Bermuda Boston FAA The U.S. Coast Guard the Gulfstream G100

Subjects

FAA ORG · 2× Bermuda GPE · 1× Boston ORG · 1× FlightAware ORG · 1× Nantucket GPE · 1× National Transportation Safety Board ORG · 1× The Federal Aviation Administration ORG · 1× The U.S. Coast Guard ORG · 1× the Coast Guard ORG · 1× the Coast Guard Northeast District ORG · 1×

Narrative

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a plane with six people on board that disappeared Saturday morning while en route to Boston from Bermuda.

framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-03

2026-10-03 · Fox News

Boston-bound plane vanishes with 6 on board; Coast Guard launches search off Nantucket coast · mixed framing

Claims (7 extracted, 2 hedged)

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a plane with six people on board that disappeared Saturday morning while en route to Boston from Bermuda. asserted

that → look → Bermuda

Authorities are searching for the Gulfstream G100, a twin-engine, mid-size jet, off the coast of Nantucket. asserted

Authorities → search → Nantucket

Both air and surface crews have been deployed to the area, according to the Coast Guard Northeast District. uncertain

crews → deploy → District

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported losing contact with the aircraft early on Saturday morning, the Coast Guard said. asserted

Guard → report → morning

According to data from FlightAware, the plane took off from Bermuda International Airport at 11:41 p.m. ET. uncertain

plane → accord → ET

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. asserted

FAA → respond → comment

This is a developing story. asserted

This → develop → ?